Wednesday, October 24, 1979
daily nebraskan
paga 13
Horn credits football success to UNL's 'good people'
By Paul Huscher
The sun was settine. as the shadow of the
slowly spread across the field and onto the east stands.
It was late Wednesday afternoon as a peacefulness
settled on Memorial Stadium. Most of the Nebraska foot
ball players had gone to the locker room. A few were
practicing snaps in the south end zone and others were'
talking to reporters. But one man could be seen chop
ping his way up the east stadium stairs in his gray sweat
clothes.
That man was Rod Horn, Nebraska's three-year starter
at left defensive tackle for the Blackshirt defense. c
After running several flights of stairs, he headed to the
weight room in the north fieldhouse to "pump some iron.'
Horn is a self-made player in many ways. He said his
father didn't push him into football, nor did he have any
older brothers who influenced him to take up the sport.
The 6 foot 4 inch, 264 pound senior from Fresno,
Calif, credits his success in football to being surrounded
by "good people."
"Also, the drive within me," he said. "I want to be
good in anything I do, especially things I like to do such
as playing football and studying."
And does he do these two things well?
HORN WAS NAMED to the first team All-Big Eight
football team and was an Honorable Mention Ail-American
last year. He was also an Academic All-Big Eight
player last year as a junior.
He said he hopes to make this year's Ail-American
team, but making the Academic All-American team would
be more important to him.
"I don't know if I'll be drafted (although he said he
hopes to be), but I'll always have something to fall back
on, and that's my studies," Horn said. Horn is a major
in wildlife management.
Nebraska defensive line coach, Charlie McBride, gave
his assessment of Horn. .
"He's the most dedicated player I've ever coached "
said the veteran coach who is in his third year at Ne
braska after spending time at Colorado, Arizona State,
and Wisconsin. v - ,
MCBRIDE . SAID Horn is what he calls, a "Mauler"
because he's so. strong he can completely dominate
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"Not only is he strong, he also runs well for a player
his size (4.85 in the 40)," he said.
McBride said there is no question about Horn being
an All-American this year and he should go fairly high in
next year's NFL draft.
"I haven't seen all the tackles in the nation, but com
pared to Penn State's two All-American tackes. I'd have to
rate him as one of the best in the country,' he said.
Horn works a lot harder than other football players,
McBride said. And he's an important reason the defensive
line is doing so well this year (second in the nation against
the rush).
Horn puts the credit for the defense elsewhere.
"The defensive line isn't the only strength of the
defense this year," Horn said. "The linebackers, defensive
backs and defensive line have all been playing well
together.
"We're a real close group and we're all really close to
coach McBride." .
EXPERIENCE IS probably the line's greatest asset
this year, he said.
"Bill (Barnett), Oudious (Lee), Kerry (Weinmaster) and
I have been around for five years, (Dan) Pensick's been
around for four years and Dave (Clark) has been around
for three years," he said.
That's 27 years of college football experience between
the six players.
"We've been around a long time together, and we try
to help each other as much as possible," he said.
Horn said he's dedicated to football because he wants
to do his part for the team.
"I'm a team player and you have to make sacrifices
for the.team." he said.
Horn holds the team weightlifting record in the clean
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(343 pounds) and the squat (560 pounds). He also has the
defensive tackle record in the bench press with 400
pounds.
Some people say too much muscle can make a person
bulky and awkward, but Horn says "sure you need, flexi
bility and quickness. I'm not the quickest person around
so for me, strength is important. It's definitely a factor
in playing good."
Horn said he came to Nebraska after visiting several
schools because he liked the football program, the
academic program, the stable situation with the head
coach and the "good" people he met here.
"You can't beat a football program like this. Everyone
is here to help you. You can't go wrong," he said.
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